Get the latest research on how the new lease accounting standard affects your company. Find out what 179 senior executives think about the new lease accounting standard and how it will impact their companies. Read this comprehensive analyst report to learn more.

Recent Gartner research indicates that the confluence of information generated by new technologies and sources such as cloud computing will create a nexus of forces that could be even more disruptive than the dot-com and e-business booms of the 1990s

The necessity of building a disaster recovery model to ensure that services can be delivered nonstop with minimal data loss is not easy or inexpensive. Read this research report to learn how the cloud offers companies an alternative, allowing for rapid recovery and minimal data loss, and without the high costs.

This analyst report provides guidelines for how to plan an effective Enterprise Asset Management strategy, including maturity levels, processes, and technologies in context of IT Asset Management advances.

Analyst Wayne Kernochan of Infostructure Associates documents the analytics speed-up capability of DB2 with BLU Acceleration and explains how DB2 BLU compares with competitors. His conclusion after reviewing test results? Not surprisingly, the results verified a consistent, roughly order-of-magnitude speedup using BLU Acceleration, against DB2 pre-BLU and against some obvious competitors. What is his advice to readers about DB2 BLU? If your upcoming database needs analytics/BI/reporting-related, why would you not use BLU Acceleration for them? In other words, what are you waiting for?

This Analyst Insight will look at how leading organizations are influencing average order value, customer conversion, and customer satisfaction through the integration of site search with precision marketing and product content management. Besides examining the key drivers and pain points organizations are facing in relation to their search strategy, this report will look at the key differentiating strategies, capabilities, and technologies that are driving success in the digital era.

This analyst report provides guidelines for how to plan an effective Enterprise Asset Management strategy, including maturity levels, processes, and technologies in context of IT Asset Management advances. The paper was developed by Enterprise Management Associates - an IT Analyst firm.

DB2 BLU By Other Databases And More Wayne Kernochan, Infostructure Associates September 2013 Analyst Wayne Kernochan of Infostructure Associates documents the analytics speed-up capability of DB2 with BLU Acceleration and explains how DB2 BLU compares with competitors. His conclusion after reviewing test results? ""Not surprisingly, the results verified a consistent, roughly order-of-magnitude speedup using BLU Acceleration, against DB2 pre-BLU and against some obvious competitors ..."". What is his advice to readers about DB2 BLU? ""... if your upcoming database needs are analytics/BI/reporting-related, why would you not use BLU Acceleration for them? In other words, what are you waiting for?

For many enterprises System z is central to modern analytics because of the vast quantities or rich data stored upon it – not to mention excellent qualities of service. Carl Olofson, an IDC analyst looks, at the role of the mainframe in relation to big data, how it has become a hub for modern day analytics, its ability to integrate information from other sources to enhance business decisions and how it is positioned for the future. Download this paper and learn.

Research shows that today’s business goals are centered on reducing costs, strengthening customer relationships and improving financial management. The biggest challenges to achieving these goals are lack of skills and investment funds, and inadequate linkages between the IT environment and how business processes are managed. Read this analyst report to see why enterprises are turning to managed services to help overcome these challenges so that they can optimize the value of their IT investments and achieve their corporate objectives.

In a recent Aberdeen Group Analyst Insight report,1 Asset Management: The Changing Landscape of Predictive Maintenance, a survey of executives states that the number one risk to operations was failure of their critical physical assets —ensuring that they are available, reliable and performing as originally intended. Though, such a risk can become an opportunity. Top-performing companies rely on analytics related to maintenance, safety and replacement equipment to plan for capital expenditures, manage their assets on a daily basis and maximize asset performance.

As mobile technology evolves, it’s bringing rapid change to enterprises everywhere, so it’s essential to know the latest trends and how to build on them to create real business benefits. IDC believes third-party mobility service providers will play a key role in helping you do just that. Read the analyst report to get expert insight into how you can benefit from key mobile trends; building blocks and best practices for successful deployment and adoption of any mobility initiative; critical factors to consider when evaluating an IT services provider; and details on how IBM MobileFirst services can help you achieve a sustainable competitive advantage

Read the IDC analyst report to learn - Building blocks and best practices for successful deployment and adoption of your mobility initiative; - Critical factors to consider when evaluating a mobility service provider; - Details on how to realize your mobility solution’s full potential.

Analyst Mike Ferguson of Intelligent Business Strategies writes about the enhanced role of transactional DBMS systems in today's world of Big Data. Learn more about how Big Data provides richer transactional data and how that data is captured and analyzed to meet tomorrow’s business needs. Access the report now.

This analyst thought leadership report by TEC discusses the need for organizations to adopt modern ECM tools. Learn how IBM ECM with Box integrations can help establish easy and secure information access, sharing and collaboration to your digital business strategy.